Parent Well-Being Studies

Decoding Children’s Mental Health Patterns Amidst COVID-19 and the Role of Parenting

The pandemic affected children’s mental health, but there is still limited knowledge about how these impacts differ for different children, especially those from low-income families.

Heterogeneity in maternal and child mental health responses to the COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting public health measures disrupted the lives of families worldwide. Young children who attended early childhood education and care settings were abruptly required to stay at home.

Adversity in Families: Impacts on Mothers’ Wellbeing and Children’s Mental Health

We did this study to improve our understanding of how different factors in a mother’s life—like her mental health, financial resources, relationship status, education, and parenting style—affect her child’s development.

I Felt Like I Was Going Crazy: Understanding Mother’s and Young Children’s Experiences with Learning at Home During COVID-19

We examined the effects of the switch to at-home learning on young children and their mothers in Toronto during the early pandemic (Study 1) and how these challenges evolved later in the pandemic (Study 2).

The Unique Impacts of COVID-19 on Low-Income and Diverse Canadian Women’s Mental Health Profiles: A Latent Transition Analysis

There is evidence of an overall decline in women’s mental health, particularly those with young children, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID-19

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Child Well-Being

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